3rd annual women in tech conference

The CEPIS DiversIT Charter team is organising their 3rd annual event that will take place on 29 November 2022 from 10:00 to 13:00 CET online.

The event will answer the question “Can we work together? How can a multi-stakeholder approach help increase gender equality in tech?”.

There are countless excellent initiatives, organisations and projects to promote gender equality in STEM, to attract girls and women to IT studies or careers, to up- and reskill women, and many more. All the while, the tech talent gap remains one of the main obstacles in the path towards smooth digital transformation.

The purpose of this event is to create a cross-sectoral dialogue and to provide the attendees with inspirational examples of success stories from a collaboration between different stakeholders.

Programme

10:00 – 10:10 Welcome remarks

• Jakub Christoph, Secretary General, CEPIS

10:10 – 10:30 Keynote: A cohesive approach to gender equality efforts

• Helena Dalli, European Commissioner for Equality

10:30 – 11:00 Research-based strategies to grow the number of women in IT

• Rian van Heur, Communications Advisor, VHTO Expertise Centre on Gender Diversity in STEM

11:00 – 11:15 Break

11:15 – 12:30 Panel discussion: Practical examples of allyship in partnership with different stakeholders

• Moderator: Gillian Arnold, Chair, DiversIT Charter, CEPIS
• Dimitra Karakosta, Vice President People and Culture, PeopleCert Group
• Andrej Orban, Recruiting Manager, Accenture Slovakia
• Dr Serap Karabacak, Adult Education and Lifelong Learning Expert, Turkish Ministry of Education
• Elisabeth Schauermann, Team Lead, German Informatics Society

12:30 – 12:50 How men can drive gender equality and inclusion

• tbc

12:50 – 13:00 Closing remarks

• Petra Kotuliakova, CEO, Aj Ty v IT and Deputy Chair of the DiversIT group, CEPIS

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